Finally a first Nokton 17.5mm f/0.95 test via OpenPN!

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video by Fotomundus.

About time! Thanks to the french website OpenPN (Click here to read the google translation). They found that the sharpness is very good even when shooting at full f/0.95 aperture. The only major issue at that aperture is the high Chromatic Aberration. The bokeh is wonderful (says the reviewer).

My personal judgment after seeing the image sample is that the Lens is damn good already at f/0.95. Of course it’s not perfect but if you seek for perfection at that extreme aperture than you have to spend over 10.000 Euro/Dollars for the [shoplink 29763 ebay]Leica Noctilux[/shoplink]!

Europenas can preorer the lens at [shoplink 29368 ebay]Digitalhandel (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 29367 ebay]Bayern Fotoversand (Click here)[/shoplink] and Fotomundus (Click here).

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(FT5) Pictures of the White and Black GF5. Noise performance is on par with 7D.

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The mysterious Asian source from nPhoto just sent me the pictures of the white and black Panasonic GF5. The new revised grip makes the GF5 looks better than the [shoplink 23109 ebay]Panasonic GF3[/shoplink]. The source was also so kind to inform me that the high ISO noise-level is as same as the [shoplink 29815 ebay]Canon 7D[/shoplink] and [shoplink 29816 ebay]60D[/shoplink]. It’s nice to know you can get that kind of performance on a camera that fits in your pocket :)

Here is the picture of the black GF5:

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P.S.: Also the G5 will arrive along the GF5. Announcements soon (I am still checking for the right announcement date and hour).

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Olympus E-M5 and Panasonic GF5 news…

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Panasonic GF5: I just learned who was the person leaking the GF5 picture. It was the Hong Kong model Angela Baby showed! She is very likely shooting a commercial for the new GF5 and made the big mistake to post the picture of the camera on her instagram profile :)

Olympus E-M5: Robin Wong (Click here) tested the E-M5 effectiveness of the 5-Axis IS and continuous autofocus with 3D tracking with the 75-300mm lens. And your reaction after seeing the studio samples form Dpreview has been impressive. Over 81% liked the image quality of the E-M5 (Click here to see the poll).

NEX-7 versus X PRO 1 versus E-M5 USA sales: Finally the two highest quality mirrorless cameras are shipping. The X PRO 1 (Click here) and the NEX-7 (CLick here). But the E-M5 still sells well and is right behind the two at Amazon US rankings (Click here). My guess is that the E-M5 will sell better than the other two cameras. Let’ see in a few months if I am right!

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E-M5 preorders (Click on the names of the stores to see the product page):
Black E-M5 body at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, J&R, Warehouse UK, Digitalrev and Amazon Japan.
Silver E-M5 body at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, J&R, Warehouse UK, and Amazon Japan.
Black E-M5 body with 14-42mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto , Digitalrev and J&R.
Black E-M5 body with 12-50mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, J&R, Jessops, Amazon UK, Amazon Deutschland , Digitalrev and Amazon Japan.
Silver E-M5 body with 12-50mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, J&R, Jessops, Amazon UK, Amazon Deutschland and Amazon Japan.

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New wave of refurbished PEN for Europeans.

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[shoplink 29809 ebay][/shoplink] [shoplink 22691 ebay]Olympusmarket[/shoplink] is now offering a new wave of refurbished PEN cameras. This includes many new E-P1 cameras which is also the camera I use for my every day shoots. If you are lucky you will may get it for less than 170 Euro:

[shoplink 29780 ebay]Silver E-P1 with 14-42mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 29781 ebay]White E-PL2 with 14-42mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 29782 ebay]Black E-PL2 with double lens kit[/shoplink] [shoplink 29783 ebay]Silver E-P1 with 14-42mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 29784 ebay]Black E-PL1 with double lens kit[/shoplink] [shoplink 29785 ebay]Black E-PL1 with 14-150mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 29786 ebay]Black external viewfinder[/shoplink] [shoplink 29787 ebay]Silver E-P1 with 14-42mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 29788 ebay]Black E-PL1 with double lens kit[/shoplink] [shoplink 29789 ebay]White external viewfinder[/shoplink] [shoplink 29790 ebay]Silver E-PL2 with 14-150mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 29791 ebay]Silver E-P1 with 14-42mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 29792 ebay]Black E-P2 with 17mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 29793 ebay]Silver E-PL1 with 14-42mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 29794 ebay]White VF-3 external viewfinder[/shoplink] [shoplink 29808 ebay]Silver E-P1 with 14-42mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 29809 ebay]Silver E-P1 with 14-42mm lens[/shoplink]

Good Luck!

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(FT5) First picture of the new Panasonic GF5

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And here it is the first clear picture of the new Panasonic GF5. As you see it has pretty much the same shape of the current [shoplink 23109 ebay]Panasonic GF3[/shoplink]. The grip looks like the one used for the new [shoplink 26836]Panasonic GX1[/shoplink]. As I already told you last week the new GF5 has a 12 Megapixel sensor with an improved SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio). THE SNR is as good as the one on the [shoplink 22077 ebay]Panasonic G3[/shoplink]. It goes up to ISO 12.800, super fast AF of 0,09seconds and a new 920k dots touch screen LCD. The touch screen interface has been revised. Don’t know if you should wait for this GF5 or go for the now very cheap and hackeable GF2!

One more thing: Also the Panasonic G5 will be announced soon and use the same [shoplink 22077 ebay]G3[/shoplink] 16 Megapixel sensor…

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(UPDATED)E-M5 studio test samples. What do you think?

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It’s time to make a real JPEG and RAW comparison! Dpreview (Click here) just posted the E-M5 studio test. Take time to compare all ISO settings with other cameras. I leave the judgments to you :)

UPDATE: And here is a full review from the polish website Fotopolis (Click here for the translation).

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E-M5 preorders (Click on the names of the stores to see the product page):
Black E-M5 body at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, J&R, Warehouse UK, Digitalrev and Amazon Japan.
Silver E-M5 body at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, J&R, Warehouse UK, and Amazon Japan.
Black E-M5 body with 14-42mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto , Digitalrev and J&R.
Black E-M5 body with 12-50mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, J&R, Jessops, Amazon UK, Amazon Deutschland , Digitalrev and Amazon Japan.
Silver E-M5 body with 12-50mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, J&R, Jessops, Amazon UK, Amazon Deutschland and Amazon Japan.

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